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BEng, MEng, PhD (born 1947 in Tokyo) is an award winning ^[1] pioneer of robotics technology ^[2][3] and a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Born in Tokyo and attending Hibiya High School, he graduated from Yokohama National University in 1971 and received a Ph.D from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1976 where he later took professorship.
His work includes designs for robots capable of various types of movement such as walking, crawling, swimming and slithering. ^[4] Specific designs include a "ninja-robot" capable of climbing buildings and a seven-ton robot capable of climbing mountainous slopes with the aim of installing bolts in the ground so as to prevent landslides. ^[5] Hirose is also involved in work with the United Nations to develop a remotely controlled robot capable of clearing landmines.^[6]

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Positions Held

★ 1976-1979 Research Associate

★ 1979-1992 Associate Professor

★ 1992- Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology

★ 2002- Honorary Professor, Shengyang Institute of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

★ Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

★ Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

See also

★ Robotics

Notes

1. http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/staff/professor/hirose_e.html
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/1.stm
3. http://www.titech.ac.jp/news/e/news060501.html
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/2.stm
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/7.stm
6. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_38/ai_108882045

External Links

★ Bio

★ Hirose-Fukishima Robots Lab